
Jeff Avery, a longtime manager with the Office of Naval Reactors, has been selected as the new second-in-command at the Department of Energy’s $7.8-billion Office of Environmental Management. Avery, current director of regulatory and security affairs with the Office of Naval Reactors, officially becomes principal deputy assistant secretary for Environmental Management, or EM-2, effective in January, according to DoE’s acting head of nuclear cleanup, William (Ike) White. White made the announcement Wednesday in an “EM Colleagues” email to staff that…